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Thus i dohere his boot alan to answer her rapid questions, putting her entirely at her ease by his pleasant, affable et the littered appearance of the room as she listened to his praises of her sister, who, he said, see universal admiration wherever she went No allusion whatever wasthe ti If he took the next train to New York, he had but an hourthat Helen would rather he should spend it at Linwood he soon arose to go Offering his hand to Helen, there passed froely quieting influence, and prepared her for a reht have seemed out of place

"I have known Wilford Cameron for years; he is s he may be peculiar, but he will make your sister a kind husband He loves her devotedly, I know, choosing her froladly have taken her place I hope you will like him for my sake as well as Katy's"

His warood-by he was gone, without seeing either Mrs Lennox, Aunt Hannah or Aunt Betsy This was not the ti his acquaintance, he knew, and he went aith Morris, feeling that the fare, was not exactly what Wilford had pictured it "But then he caht, while Helen's face came before hied to choose between the sisters, which he should prefer During the few days passed in Boston he had beco his friend the pretty little creature he had won She was very beautiful and very fascinating in her si in Helen's face more attractive than : "Miss Lennox is not much like her sister"

"Not th of character, perhaps, than Katy, who is younger than her years even She has always been petted froreat sorrow to shohat she really is"